LINGUIST List 26.1591
Tue Mar 24 2015
Calls: Language Acquisition/Norway
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 23-Mar-2015
From: Arnstein Hjelde <arnstein.hjelde
hiof.no>
Subject: 15th International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition
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Short Title: PALA 15
Date: 18-Sep-2015 - 19-Sep-2015
Location: Halden, Norway
Contact Person: Arnstein Hjelde
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email > Web Site:
http://www.hiof.no/pala15
Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
Call Deadline: 18-May-2015
Meeting Description:
The 15th Annual International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) will be organized by Østfold University College in Halden, Norway, 18 September – 19 September, 2015. PALA 2015 will cover a wide range of topics related to current research on Processability Theory and Second Language Acquisition included theoretical, empirical and applied issues.
The symposium is open to everyone, with no participation fees.
Keynote Speakers:
Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois
Jörg-Ulrich Keßler, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg
Call for Papers:
You are kindly invited to submit proposals for papers and posters related to Processability Theory and second language acquisition research.
Possible topics include:
- Comparing L1 and L2 acquisition
- Transfer
- Complexity
- Incomplete acquisition
- Cross-linguistic comparisons
- Specific Language Impairment
- Bilingual acquisition
- Heritage language and incomplete acquisition
Guidelines for Submission:
- Indicate if paper or poster
- Title of the paper or poster, and abstract of 300 words (excluding references and title)
- Name and affiliation of the author(s)
- First author's postal and e-mail addresses
Please send your submission to: pala15
hiof.no
All submissions will be reviewed anonymously and evaluated in terms of originality, clarity, and significance of findings and conclusions.
Papers will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Poster sessions will be prominently programmed, and no parallel activities will be organised. The review criteria are the same for papers and posters.
Abstract submissions: 18 May 2015
Notification of acceptance: 18 June 2015
Page Updated: 24-Mar-2015